Well, we’re not sure what anyone expected when Rep. Ilhan
Omar (D-MN), replete with Islamic hijab and a long history of anti-semitism,
was elected as one of the first Muslim congresswomen in the U.S., but this
seems just about par for the course. Omar is under fire this week for an
interview she gave to Yahoo News, in which she said she almost has to “chuckle”
when anyone refers to Israel as a democracy. The remarks, which call into
question Israel’s very right to exist, are being called out by Republicans as
the very sort of dangerous bigotry that has led to mass tragedy in the past.

“Most of the things that have been aggravating to me is that
we have had a policy that makes one superior to the other,” Omar said in
reference to the Israeli/Palestinian situation. “And we mask it with a
conversation about justice and a two-state solution. When you have policies
that clearly prioritize one over the other.”

So, let’s see. According to this idiot, the United States
should give equal priority to the Palestinians (dirt poor, financed by and led
by terrorist organizations, uniformly hostile to the United States) as we
should to Israel (wealthy, democratic allies who are one of the few beacons of
freedom in the Middle East). We expect this kind of nonsense rhetoric from Communist
professors or Imams at the local mosque, but it is pretty damn shameful to hear
this level of ignorance from a U.S. Representative.

But it gets worse…

First, you should understand that this woman sits on the
House Foreign Affairs Committee, a fact that is chilling enough on its own.

Asked by Yahoo what she meant by criticizing the U.S.’s
position on Israel, she expounded: “I mean, just our relationship with the
Israeli government and the Israeli state. And so when I see Israel institute
laws that recognize it as a Jewish state and does not recognize the other
religions that are living in it.

“And we still uphold it as a democracy in the Middle East,”
she continued. “I almost chuckle because I know that if we see that any other
society we would criticize it, call it out. We do that to Iran, we do that to
any other place that sort of upholds its religion. And I see that now happening
with Saudi Arabia and so I am aggravated, truly, in those contradictions.”

Someone is going to have to point out the last time there was any significant pushback from the U.S. about Saudi Arabia, Iran, or any other Muslim state declaring themselves as such. Maybe there should be, but there certainly is not. Quite the opposite; the fur only flies when a certain American president tries to restrict travel from these countries. Then, there was LOTS of talk about how these are “Muslim” countries, and none of that talk was critical of them.

Omar is spouting little more than half-baked, anti-Jewish
conspiracy theories, and it is a stain on our nation that she has ANY say
whatsoever in shaping our foreign policy.